 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1877 - 800 pages
...Rt. Hon. George Ward Hunt; Postmaster-General, Rt. Hon. Lord John JR Manners. Parliament is composed of two Houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The number of peers in 1875 was 486. Of these, 5 were princes of the blood-royal, 2 archbishops, 21 dukes,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1879 - 884 pages
...Lord John JR Manners, MP President of the Ministry of Commerce, Lord Sandon. Parliament is composed of two Houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The number of peers in 1878 was 488. Of these, б were peers of the royal blood, 2 archbishops, 21 dukes,... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1881 - 148 pages
...relation, according to the rules which have been fixed upon in past times. The Parliament consists of two Houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is an assembly of between four and five hundred noblemen, called peers. Most of them... | |
 | James Douglas (Teacher, Edinburgh.) - 1883 - 410 pages
...Government is a limited monarchy consisting of King or Queen, Lords, and Commons. The Parliament consists of two houses— the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Upper House is composed of princes of the royal blood and hereditary nobles, certain bishops of the... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 260 pages
...give. It is therefore by Parliament that the country is really governed. 3. The Parliament consists of two Houses — the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is composed of noblemen, who sit in it by right of their high birth — royal princes,... | |
 | David Bepler - Curiosities and wonders - 1890 - 308 pages
...of representatives, called the Boule. Great Britain The absolute power of the British Empire is held by a Parliament, consisting of two houses, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The sovereign is at the head of Parliament, and can alone summon Parliment. Italy The legislative power... | |
 | History - 1891 - 654 pages
...the English people. The Parliament or law-making branch of the English government, is divided into two houses, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is, as its name denotes, composed mainly of members of the noble families of England,... | |
 | Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Citizenship - 1898 - 348 pages
...the English people. The Parliament, or lawmaking branch of the English government, is divided into two houses, — the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is, as its name denotes, composed mainly of members of the noble families of England,... | |
 | Albert Shaw - World politics - 1901 - 954 pages
...The longshoremen and the dock managers of the Great Lakes now meet twice a year in a grand parliament of two houses — the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is a primary assembly of all the dock managers along the lakes, each firm or corporation... | |
 | American literature - 1901 - 788 pages
...longshoremen and the dock managers of the Great Lakes now meet iwiee a year in a grand parliament oí two houses — the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Lords is a primary assembly of all the dock managers along the lakes, each firm or corporation... | |
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Lakes now meet twice a year in a grand parliament of two houses — the House of Lords and the House of Commons. 
